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Hyattsville Arts & Ales Festival

I’ve never been more excited about the Maryland beer scene than after attending the Downtown Hyattsville Arts and Ales Festival!

Sponsored by the Brewers Association of Maryland, the festival featured 20 Maryland breweries pouring fresh craft beer from across the state, from old standbys like The Brewers Art to new classics like RaR and Jailbreak. There were large breweries (Flying Dog, Heavy Seas), farm breweries (Manor Hill), urban brewpubs (Denizens), and everything in between. And they were all pouring amazingly tasty craft brew.

Taking Lyft to and from the event allowed me to sample 40+ different Maryland brews, and there was not a single disappointment among them. I’m most excited about the new breweries on my must-visit list, like Manor Hill and Scorpion. But enough of this native Marylander’s effusive praise of my state’s beer scene – on to my hit list of beers.

Scorpion had the friendliest, most welcoming folks pouring beer at the festival, which put their brewery squarely on my beer to-do list. Beers Sampled:

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Berry Berry Wheat (Dunkel brewed with raspberries and blackberries)

Loved this festival! Good thing they were only pouring 2 oz samples so I could try so many beers! My final tally: 42 different beers sampled from 18 different breweries, plus a sample of Maryland Mead!